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Treasure-house of the language : the living OED / Charlotte Brewer.
Van Pelt Library PE1617.O94 B74 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brewer, Charlotte, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oxford English dictionary.
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
- English language--Lexicography.
- English language.
- English language--Etymology.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Press and dictionary in 1928
- 'Beating the track of the alphabet' : work on the first supplement
- After the OED
- Treasure-house of the language : role and function of the OED
- Supplementation or revision?
- Burchfield's supplement (1) : producing a dictionary
- Burchfield's supplement (2) : editorial policies and practice
- The 'New Oxford English dictionary project'.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [302]-314) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780300124293
- 0300124295
- OCLC:
- 122261575
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